Here are 33 photos taken at the Maker Faire — a celebration of geeky, whimsical craftsmanship — at the San Mateo Fairgrounds today. Scott Beale has many more here.
Amusing
‘Here Comes Another Bubble,’ v. 1.1
You may have read the controversy over the Richter Scales’ video Here Comes Another Bubble, a smart, clever sendup of Web 2.0 culture done to a Billy Joel tune. Lane Hartwell objected to the band’s inclusion of her photo (for a split second) in their mash-up — yes, they should have attributed her contribution or […]
Turn yourself into a cartoon
First came JibJab Starring You! Now comes Befunky.com, where you can turn yourself, your friends, or any picture of your choosing into a cartoon. Writes Chris Pirillo (who also has a video): There are two separate parts of this great site. The “Cartoonizer” is where the user re-creates images/videos by turning them into digital paintings, […]
Mashup: Nobody’s Perfect in Politics
Had fun with my latest mashup: Nobody’s Perfect in Politics, done to the counterpoint of Hannah Montana’s bubbly "Nobody’s Perfect," with appearances by Sen. Larry Craig, Mark Foley, Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, Alberto Gonzales, Dick Cheney, George Tenet, George W. Bush and others. I entered it in the DIY Video Summit political mashup contest (whose […]
What we call the news
JibJab’s latest cartoon is What we call the news, with brief guest appearances by Michael Arrington, Chris Pirillo and Robert Scoble. From Chris: I’m in a JibJab cartoon!!